作者:Ilana Burshtein 6 月以前
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Opiate Addiction
Opiate Addiction
Impact on Families
Increased likelihood of bloodborne illnesses in babies of parents with opiate addiction, like hepatitis and HIV/AIDS
Loss of money, theft of resources from family to pay for drugs
Creates unstable family environment
Parents unable to look after children consistently
Treatments
Narcan to reverse an overdose
Behavioural & Talk Therapy
Contingency Management
Family Therapy
12-Step Programs like NA
Priscription Methadone
Effects
Overdose and death
75% of opioid deaths in Canada in 2024 involved Fentanyl
Cause physical
dependency (addiction)
Withdrawal effects include anxiety, depression, nausea, diarrhea,
stomach cramps, muscle cramps, chills, trembling
Slow down heart rate
and breathing
Constipation,
lack of appetite
Cause neurons that produce dopamine to fire more frequently,
resulting in a feeling of euphoria (extreme pleasure)
Causes
Exposure to drugs in childhood home
Self-medicating for mental illness or trauma
Peer pressure, experimentation
Injury, chronic pain, surgery